"After selling 7.19 million phones in China last year, Xiaomi is now one step closer to world domination with a new device that'll take it to new territories: the Xiaomi Phone 2S (or MI-2S)." MIUI v5 also looks pretty great. When I find some time, I'll install it on my SII and see what's what.

Its average hardware and a custom android for an ok price. It doesn't seem that noteworthy, except for the sales numbers.

Everything else being equal, I'm not sure why anyone would get it. So everything must not be equal, like I think. Its $320 unlocked which is a nice price. While still limited in quantity and distribution, the Nexus 4 starts at $299.

unfortunately, nexus 4 never arrive in China and major countries. So, Chinese must rely on what's best there. Either meizu, xiaomi, or lenovo. Or HTC, Samsung, and the rest. (First 3 more popular there).